News4JAX’s meteorologist Katie Garner explains the latest severe weather alerts for Jacksonville, including a tornado watch, fire danger, high winds, and soaring temperatures expected through the weekend.

Jacksonville faces a red flag warning with fire danger increasing due to hot, windy, and dry conditions, as storms and a tornado watch approach the area. Get the latest weather updates from News4JAX.

The Tornado Watch has expired, and the threat of severe weather is south of our area. Therefore, the Weather Authority Alert Day has expired.

While this rain won’t bring much relief to our exceptional and extreme drought, it will help contain the Highway 82 fire in Brantley County. We’ll take all the moisture we can get!

Late winter chill follows storms with patchy frost expected

News4JAX’s meteorologist shares critical updates on a tornado watch in parts of Georgia, the impact of a strong cold front, and concerns about drought and rainfall deficits in the Jacksonville region.

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Seasonal temperatures and sunny skies

Severe storms will target inland southern Georgia early this evening.

The Tornado Watch has expired but rain is still expected in Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida.

The National Weather Service issued a Tornado Watch for all Northeast Florida, Southeast Georgia until 10 p.m.

Deteriorating conditions Monday as Debby Approaches

As of the 8 p.m. National Hurricane Center update, Tropical Storm Debby is still strengthening as it’s expected to become a hurricane Sunday night and make landfall in the Florida Big Bend area on Monday.

Damaging gusts will be the primary hazard with thunderstorms moving in this evening.

According to the National Weather Service, winds can reach up to 70 mph in these counties.

Tornado Watch for SE GA through 2 p.m.

A Tornado Watch covering Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia counties has expired.

A Tornado Watch through 9 a.m. and steady rain all morning have prompted a Weather Alert through noon Thursday.

Today we can expect partly cloudy skies early then becoming cloudy with scattered showers, storms developing around noon for SE GA, 60-80 percent.

Tornado Watch in effect for multiple Florida counties until 10 PM

A Tornado Watch has been posted for all of Southeast Georgia and for Baker and Columbia counties in Florida until 2 pm.

A tornado watch was issued until 11 p.m. Wednesday for Brantley, Pierce and Ware counties in Georgia.

A powerful cold front will blow through mid-morning Saturday and with it comes the potential for brief and intense downpours. The threat is less on the rain amounts and more on the intensity or severity of the storms.

Our Weather Authority Alert Day began about 11 a.m. and will continue until the Storm Prediction Center ends the expected tornado watch, likely around 8 p.m.

The Tornado Watch has been extended across southeast Georgia and portions on northeast Florida through 3 am.  A wind Advisory remains in place for coastal Georgia and across northeast Florida through 4 pm Monday.  A Weather Authority Alert for overnight storms from 12 am through 3 am.

The storm prediction center has elevated its forecast for severe weather over Georgia. This would take place Saturday afternoon and evening, where Georgia could see two bands of severe storms.

Very complex weather patter has left many areas of the South cleaning up from moderate to strong severe storms. A tornado watch is in effect west of Jacksonville and these same storms will be moving through NEFL and SEGA by this evening.

The tornado watch has been canceled in the Georgia counties of Brantley, Camden, Charlton and Glynn. The tornado watch continues until 6 p.m. in the Florida counties of Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Gilchrist, Nassau, Putnam, St. Johns and Union. The National Weather Service has canceled a tornado warning for Clay and Duval counties. The watch continues for Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Nassau, Putnam, St. Johns and Union counties in Georgia. Tornado Warning including La Crosse FL, Brooker FL, Worthington Springs FL until 3:30 PM EDT pic.twitter.com/qcJrcaIkP1 — NWS Jacksonville (@NWSJacksonville) March 18, 2021This comes as a Tornado Watch continues across Southeast Georgia and Northeast Georgia until 6 p.m.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – We have a Weather Authority Alert issued today from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m.Tornado Watch expected for folks in Georgia later this afternoon. This afternoon will be challenging as we are expecting a two to four hour round of showers in Jacksonville, with the most likely time of the showers between 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.RELATED: Severe weather: Storms batter the SouthIn Georgia, especially in Central Georgia to South Carolina, there could be a few supercell thunderstorms. These are large storms capable of producing high winds, large hail and a few tornadoes. This is unlikely in the Jacksonville area, but in southern Georgia it is a bigger possibility. Severe storm potential mainly from Central Georgia to South CarolinaMainly brief bursts of downpoursFriday looks very pleasant with highs in the 70s.

Wednesday the clouds build back up, with decent chances for a passing shower and cool temperatures in the mid 60s. Thursday will be a little cloudy, breezy and warm, with highs climbing into the toasty low 80s. Friday will be cooler, cloudy and breezy, with a line of showers and thunderstorms pushing through ahead of a big cool down. The weekend will be cold and sunny, starting in the mid 30s and only topping out in the upper 50s. Sunday will be a little nicer, starting out in the 40s and topping out in the 60s.

After a damp and foggy start we are starting to see some sunshine peek through the clouds. Afternoon highs will climb into the mid 60s across SE GA and mid to upper 60s even low 70s across portions of NE FL. If you’re planning on firing up the grill for Super Bowl Sunday you can expect some sunshine with seasonal comfortable conditions. Overnight lows will drop into the seasonal upper 40s with clear skies. The next round of potentially disruptive weather starts next Friday and spills over into the weekend.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – As the Weather Authority Alert continues Saturday, the National Weather continues to watch to severe storms track east northeast across Northeast Florida. A Tornado Watch is in effect for Union, Putnam, St. Johns and Flagler counties until midnight. For the differences between a Tornado Watch and a Tornado Warning, see the graphic below. Difference between a Tornado Watch and Tornado WarningThe Weather Authority Alert, which runs from 4-9 p.m., was triggered by heavy, disruptive rain and the potential for isolated severe thunderstorms. Those south of the I-10 corridor have an increased chance to see a strong to severe thunderstorm.

Update at 2:00 a.m.Another tornado watch for parts of Northeast Florida, this time mainly our Southern counties from Alachua to Putnam to Flagler. This new tornado watch is in effect until 11 a.m., but mainly for those counties in Central Florida. The Tornado Watch was canceled for Baker, Columbia and Nassau counties in Florida, and Camden and Charlton counties in Georgia. The Tornado Watch continued in Alachua, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Gilchrist, Putnam, St. Johns, Union continues. Tornado Watch until 10 pm